Wharington's super maxi Wild Thing was excluded from the race less than three hours before Wednesday's start because his revamped boat's documentation to verify construction requirements did not comply with race regulations.

"No one else has had any difficulty meeting this requirement that's causing him (Wharington) difficulty and we explained what we needed and I thought he understood and I'm always happy to talk," Piggott said.

"We want to encourage boats like Wild Thing to race with us and let's see where it goes.

"We're running a sport and we want to make it work for everybody and be fair.

"They didn't get their paperwork in - everybody else got their's in on time.

"We held out to the last minute and the document didn't come in. What else we can do?"

Wharington was adamant the document he supplied had sufficient information to satisfy the organisers' requirements.

"We had this document checked by a rules' expert and he said that the wording met the requirements under the notice of race. So we were very happy with the document as it stood," Wharington told ABC TV.

Wharington confirmed Wild Thing might chase the Sydney to Hobart course record and he was waiting for an appropriate weather window in the next week or two.